The 13, 400-acre private resort in Montana targets the uber-rich with a taste for adventure.
The 30, 000-square-foot home has glass walls overlooking Biscayne Bay and was designed to feel like a private resort.
In Oklahoma, the state allowed one of its most popular parks to deteriorate badly before selling it to a development company, which is turning it into a luxurious private resort.
There is a charm that comes with such intimacy, but it also places limits on the infrastructure a private island resort can provide, from boats to staff to technology.
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Vincent private island resort in the Grenadines.
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Captain Jeff Stevens--an affable, dry-witted Brit who's sailed these waters for 16 years--spent three years handcrafting this traditional-style boat, using native woods from the Grenadines and working with master shipwrights from the island of Carriacou. (The name Jambalaya is an anagram of their initials.) Since 2002 he's lived on board and taken guests of the private island resort Petit St.
Eight years later, Il Borro reopened as a rustic resort with three private villas along with 18 suites and apartments spread across the restored medieval village.
According to one participant, Slim is footing the bill for the whole event, which includes a trip in private planes to the Mexican coastal resort town of Ixtapa on Saturday afternoon.
Also included is courtesy chauffeured transportation within 14 miles, which is a great extra since many of the top local attractions and even resort attractions such as private surfing lessons and guided hikes are outside the main property.
The island has many gated communities and resorts that are all paired with one or more courses, such as Long Cove Club, which is exclusively private, and the Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, which has public courses.
The Fed acted not in competition with the private sector but as a lender of last resort during an extreme emergency.
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The resort occupies a ten-acre private motu 15 minutes by boat from Motu Tuherahera, home of Tikehau's airport and main village.
For a private audience with Mount Fuji, head to Resort Pension Marine Blue, (81-558) 942-062, in Shizuoka prefecture, three hours southwest of Tokyo.
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One of these is Shark's Tooth, designed by golfing legend Greg Norman, which is a private course only open to guests at the resort.
Around the resort, guests can relax at the private beach, pool and spa, or party at nine different bars, including the 24-hour Bluetooth Bar and two-floor disco.
Adjacent to Karisma Hotels' El Dorado Royale -- an adults-only beachside complex -- is an uber-luxury sister resort called El Dorado Casitas Royale, where private casitas sit right on the beach.
Pensions would be provided entirely by the private sector, with the state intervening only as a last resort for the genuinely needy.
Private employers have such a strong preference for foreigners that many resort to creating pretend jobs for Saudis to meet increasingly tough quotas.
The Meruelo Group, which counts construction, engineering, real estate, food service and private equity among its businesses, also owns the Grand Sierra Resort and casino in Reno, Nev.
Its guests will not only enjoy typical amenities--like a gourmet restaurant, plasma televisions and a full-service spa--they'll also get to sleep in the first resort in the country to feature only villas with private pools.
But, if countries like Italy start to lose market access altogether, then you could see how the ECB could end up playing "lender of last resort, one step removed", effectively funding private bank purchases of Italian bonds.
At The Resort at Pelican Hill, amid the hillside bungalows and private villas that overlook the world class Tom Fazio-designed golf courses, kids will find a retreat of their own at Camp Pelican Clubhouse.
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Levinson, a retired FBI agent, was working as a private investigator on a cigarette smuggling case when he traveled to the Iranian resort island Kish in March 2007.
Ever since Sir Richard Branson opened his Necker Island resort in the British Virgin Islands in the early 80s, private islands have been the sexiest vacation choices for the really rich, and they have proliferated around the globe.
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The fundamental public-private conflict of the GSEs means the taxpayer will always be lender of last resort to these quasi-public organizations.
In 1998 Parrot Cay debuted, on a tiny, private cay accessible only by boat, and early in 2005, The Palms resort on the "big" island of Providenciales (population: 6, 000) opened, promoting its spa as its centerpiece.
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The resort and spa offers a luxury getaway of beach relaxation in beautiful villas with private terraces.
One of the smallest properties in the world to earn a Forbes (formerly Mobil) 5-Star rating, along with 5-AAA Diamonds, Twin Farms has just 20 luxurious accommodations, but offers all the bells and whistles of a much larger luxury resort, from downhill skiing to guided hikes, except they are all totally private for guests.
The system could be run for profit by the private sector, with the government, in effect, acting only as an insurer of last resort.
At the time, golf was just catching on as a private club sport in this country, and Tufts decided to open the very first American golf resort, hiring designer Donald Ross, a resident of Dornoch, Scotland, to come and build a course for him.
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